Ted Sorensen

Ted Sorensen(in full Theodore Chaikin Sorensen),
(born May 8, 1928, Lincoln, Neb., U.S.—died Oct. 31, 2010, New York, N.Y.), American lawyer and presidential speechwriter who had a profound role in the administration of U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy (1961–63), serving as an influential inner-circle adviser, special counsel, and speechwriter who was credited with helping to draft some of Kennedy’s most inspiring and memorable addresses to the country. After Sorensen earned a B.S. (1949) and an LL.B. (1951) from the University of Nebraska, he worked as an assistant (1953–61) to Kennedy, who was serving as a Democratic senator from Massachusetts. It was during ... (100 of 511 words)